TERRIFIC BLOWS BY THE RUSSIANS.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2819, 10 July 1916, Page 5

TERRIFIC BLOWS BY THE RUSSIANS.

AUSTRIAN PANIC AND . COLLAPSE. GERMAN LINE RETIRING. THE GRAND ASSAULT IN .. THE WEST. ' SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS BY V ' ' - hMONG REDOUBT CARRIED BY PREPARING FOR THE NEXT ' " ; WAVE. ' v Onecorrespondent says to-day i that the magnitude, vigour, ami dramatic development'of tho-great Eussian oft'ensivo ,bids fairly to eclipso .... the.Western-offensive in interest, and from tho various reports olio can « well believe it. From the Gulf of Riga to the Carpathians tho encmy Wias been 'givefn no rest. Tho Russian naval guns from the Gulf of Riga are hammcriiig the German flank for miles inland; Europatkin is th,wart- - ing and out-.maaoeuyring Von Hindqnburg; Everts, with the Russian - Centre armies," is forcing his offensive from tho I'ripet to Vilua; Von ; Xinsingeii, tlio.German hope in the .dofonce of Kovel, has been compelled to retire ki<line; Von Bothmer's army is in actual peril, while tho Aus- ■ rians are in a state bordering on collapse. And now to the West-After a lull, the British lino is agaih swinging forward, and further successes' , are recorded, to-day. A formidable fortified work, the Leipzig BedouM,'has been carried by assault, and other successes havo resulted in a einu- ; ous line, which must bo straightoned with the French lino bcfoi;e the '• next big goneral advance. It is said that if iWonno goes, tho Germau 'line will be broken, as' the onomy is not prepared in rear of that city,' •■•.whici'itself, however, is strongly fortified with-natural defences, offering difficult obstacle.^